(Jamaica Observer) Lady Saw is one disappointed woman. The deejay, who has been at the top of her game since her breakout in the early 1990s, says she is leaving behind the persona her fans have come to know for nearly 20 years to pursue gospel music.
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – In his first media appearance since being released from prison in the United States, deejay Busy Signal says he is relieved that the proverbial monkey is finally off his back.
ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Graeme Smith struck a defiant century in response to Australia’s massive first innings total, but the hosts grabbed a pair of wickets after tea to restrict South Africa to 217 for two at the close of the second day of the second test.
After almost five hours of fierce arguments between the government and opposition, Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman this evening ruled that a motion brought by Opposition Leader David Granger to gag Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee would be sent to the Privileges Committee for consideration and in the interim the minister would not be allowed to bring any motion to the House.
(Jamaica Gleaner) It was a marathon session this morning when the judges of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) sat for a preliminary case management hearing in the Shanique Myrie case.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – R&B star Rihanna scored her 12th chart-topping single on the Billboard Hot 100 on Wednesday, as her seventh studio album “Unapologetic” raced toward a big debut after its release this week.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, (Reuters) – Former three-time world boxing champion Hector “Macho” Camacho is brain dead following a drive-by shooting in Puerto Rico, a doctor said on Thursday.
Salim Bacchus called ‘Black Salim’ of 139 Line Path ‘D’, Corriverton, Corentyne, Berbice, appeared before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court today after being charged with the murder of Police Constable 20682 Jirbahan Dianand on September 14, 2012, police said.
(Trinidad Guardian) Port-of-Spain mayor Louis Lee Sing is insisting there is no coconut vendors’ association, despite several releases being sent to the media signed by “Baldeo Babwah, president of the Coconut Vendors Association.”
KHULNA, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Marlon Samuels struck his fifth test century to move the West Indies towards Bangladesh’s first innings total at the close of the second day’s play in the second test today.
(Jamaica Observer) The People’s National Party’s (PNP’s) pre-election promise to review Jamaica’s buggery law has taken a back seat to the passage of more pressing legislation in the Houses of Parliament.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Approximately J$60 million has been spent by the Portia Simpson Miller administration to provide some of its ministers with new high-end vehicles since taking office almost a year ago.
(Barbados Nation) Leader of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, will be arriving in Barbados on Sunday for a week’s visit as part of the second phase of a Caribbean tour.
ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Michael Clarke blasted his second double-century in consecutive innings to drive Australia to a mammoth first-day total of 482-5 in the second test today as South Africa’s ailing pace attack was brought to its knees.
ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Taliban movement threatened today to attack Indian targets to avenge the country’s execution of Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the lone survivor of the militant squad responsible for a rampage through Mumbai that killed 166 people in 2008.
(Trinidad Express) Former chief justice and former chairman of the Caribbean Court of Justice Michael de la Bastide yesterday criticised the British Privy Council, saying it decided the case involving the amnesty given to the Jamaat-al-Muslimeen on the “wrong premise” and it focussed on the “wrong man”—the President.
CAIRO/GAZA, (Reuters) – Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement ruling the Gaza Strip agreed today to an Egyptian-sponsored ceasefire to halt an eight-day conflict that killed 162 Palestinians and five Israelis.